Enter Philomele

[shamelessgirl]

(She appears in the main room, her body trembling with anger, her words soft and low and dangerous as she speaks to someone who is no longer there.)

And they obey you? Look up to you? Have the men and women of Thrace seen you naked? Shall I tell them?

(Her words falter, suddenly, as she realizes she is no longer on the shore, and she whirls around,

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[priorphilip]

A kind faced monk, younger than he might look at first because of his shaved head, is nearby. He looks up at her calls. "My child... are you lost?"

[priorphilip]

"No kings or lords, that I have heard claim of; merely a knight who runs the kitchens, and makes sure that none take more than their fair share of food. If there are men of poor virtue here, they have not made themselves known in the weeks since my arrival."

[shamelessgirl]

Then Tereus is not here.

[priorphilip]

"No one by that name that I've met, no."